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Derrick
- Rate S$90
- Response 1h
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S$90/h
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1st lesson free
- Guitar
- Acoustic Guitar
- Electric guitar
- Rock Guitar
Guitarist with over 25 years of performing and recording experience offering live online guitar lessons
- Guitar
- Acoustic Guitar
- Electric guitar
- Rock Guitar
Lesson location
About Derrick
I began teaching guitar lessons when I was in college at a local music store, having taken lessons from one of their teachers as well as a few others. I continued teaching along with playing in various bands over the years and taught at a few different places in Boston including the Boston Center for Adult Education, and a private high school called Noble and Greenough. I'm currently teaching in-person lessons as well as online lessons, and am also playing with two bands in the Philadelphia area. I also recorded an album last year (also done online, with everyone involved in different states or countries) and am working on a second one. I love guitar and I love teaching.
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About the lesson
- All levels
- English
All languages in which the lesson is available :
English
What you'll get in taking lessons with me: 1) Personalized lessons using songs you want to learn along with songs I think would be good for you to learn, based on your ability. 2) Patience and encouragement - mistakes are part of the learning process and will be addressed in a supportive manner 3) Fun, but also disciplined. Scales are part of the learning process early on, and students are expected to make steady progress. There are four basic levels to which I try to develop students’ ability. 1) In the beginning, I focus on getting students comfortable with the instrument, showing them songs they’ll have fun with, and developing the dexterity in their hands. You’ll get a huge amount of help from in learning songs as I’ll give you sheet music, play along with you, and basically talk you through being able to play the song. 2) Once you’re comfortable learning songs with that amount of help, I’ll start giving you sheet music and asking you to take it home and try to teach yourself as best you can, and then go over questions or problems you may have the next week. 3) When you’re able to teach yourself songs from sheet music, then I’ll start giving you some easy songs to try to learn by ear. I’ll give you some hints in the beginning about what chords are used, or what key the song is in, but eventually I’ll take the training wheels off and throw you in the pool, so to speak, and make you learn the songs by ear, and then tell you if you learned them correctly or not. Obviously, we’ll do some ear training exercises to improve your ability to learn songs by ear. 4) Finally, once you’re comfortable learning songs by ear and learning songs from sheet music, you’re ready to take the leap into improvising your own solos, playing at open mic nights and coffee houses, writing your own songs, or trying to get into a cover band. Beyond this, you’re on your own – I haven’t figured out a secret formula to becoming a rock star.
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Rates
Rate
- S$90
Pack rates
- 5h: S$388
- 10h: S$711
online
- S$90/h
free lessons
This first lesson is free to allow you to get to know your teacher so that they can best meet your needs.
- 30mins
Details
I charge $35 for 30 minute lessons, $45 for 45 minutes, and $55 for 60 minute lessons.
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